in reply to Regex to break up rpm filenames

if ( my @bits = $filename =~ m[(^[^\d]+)-([\d\.-]+mdk)\.([^\.]+)\.(rpm$)] ) { print $_, $/ for @bits; }

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Re: Re: Regex to break up rpm filenames
by xmath (Hermit) on Feb 22, 2003 at 13:48 UTC
    no, the package name can contain digits.. say "imlib2-1.0.6-fr2.i386.rpm"